{"id":18422,"date":"2019-04-07T13:15:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T17:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18422"},"modified":"2019-04-07T13:17:50","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T17:17:50","slug":"student-and-amateur-cubesat-news-roundup-april-7-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18422","title":{"rendered":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup &#8211; April.7.2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. related to student and amateur <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CubeSat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CubeSat<\/a> \/ SmallSat projects and programs:<\/p>\n<p><strong>** The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/research\/locsst\/research\/spacehauc\/\">SPACE HUAC<\/a> project at Univ. of Massachusetts at Lowell<\/strong> involves undergraduates in the building a NASA sponsored CubeSat<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/research\/locsst\/research\/spacehauc\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Science Program Around Communications Engineering with High Achieving Undergraduate Cadres (SPACE HAUC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowellsun.com\/news\/ci_32559191\/space-exploration-takes-flight-at-umass-lowell\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Space Exploration Takes Flight at UMass Lowell &#8211; Lowell Sun Online<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The projects aims to<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>demonstrate the practicality of high data rate communications on a 3U CubeSat. A phased array of X-band patch antennas will allow for rapid beam steering.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>USC engineering students building CubeSat<\/strong> as a demo for <a href=\"https:\/\/vector-launch.com\/\">Vector Launch<\/a>&#8216;s first rocket flight: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailytrojan.com\/2019\/04\/05\/viterbi-students-build-deliver-satellite-to-start-up\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Viterbi students build, deliver satellite to start-up | Daily Trojan<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>A team of students in the Viterbi School of Engineering have taken one small step toward space and made one big leap for their careers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Early in March, these students finished building and delivered USC\u2019s third CubeSat satellite, which is about the size of a breadbox. David Barnhart, a research professor in the astronautics department, led the students selected from the Space Engineering Research Center through the year-long building process of the satellite.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The team has successfully delivered the satellite to its customer, Vector Space Systems, a start-up developing satellites and launch vehicles. Vector will use this newly built satellite to test its technology in space and ensure it works before selling it to customers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>**<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upei.ca\/communications\/news\/2018\/05\/upei-one-15-schools-earn-chance-build-and-operate-its-own-satellite\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spudnik-1<\/a> project at University of Prince Edward Island<\/strong> in Toronto involves undergraduates and graduate students in the building and launching of a CubeSat for remote sensing applications: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/prince-edward-island\/pei-satellite-spudnik1-upei-cubesat-1.5085189\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UPEI students continue work on small satellite | CBC News<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Grant McSorley, project manager of the CubeSat project at UPEI, said the group of over 20 undergraduate and graduate students have been designing the satellite since September, and now, they&#8217;re putting the final touches on their first set of prototypes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>UPEI&#8217;s satellite, called SpudNik-1, will be used for what McSorley calls &#8220;precision agriculture&#8221; that will capture photos and monitor the state of farm fields across P.E.I.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;The idea is to take photos from space that researchers and farmers can use in order to decide where to apply fertilizer, where to apply water in a more efficient way than they&#8217;re doing right now,&#8221; McSorley said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>** <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsat.org\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMSAT<\/a> news<\/strong> on student and amateur CubeSat\/smallsat projects: <a title=\"[ans] ANS-313 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - Fox-1Cliff Currently Scheduled for November 19th Launch\" href=\"https:\/\/amsat.org\/pipermail\/ans\/2019\/001098.html\">ANS-096 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AMSAT India AISAT APRS Payload Operational on 145.825 MHz<\/li>\n<li>Upcoming Satellite Operations<\/li>\n<li>UT1FG\/MM QSL Procedure Announced<\/li>\n<li>Hamvention Booth Announcement<\/li>\n<li>AMSAT Activities at Hamvention 2019<\/li>\n<li>The Case of the Unknown Satellites<\/li>\n<li>Upcoming ARISS Contacts<\/li>\n<li>International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students<\/li>\n<li>VUCC Awards-Endorsements for March 2019<\/li>\n<li>Raspberry Pi magazine MagPi Features Ham Radio<\/li>\n<li>Satellite Shorts From All Over<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See also <a href=\"https:\/\/amsat.org\/pipermail\/ans\/2019\/001097.html\">ANS-095 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin &#8211; AMSAT Files Comments in FCC Orbital Debris Mitigation Proceeding<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>General CubeSat\/SmallSat info<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Resources:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Space_Engineering_Technology\/ESA_s_Cubesat_central_for_smaller_missions_into_space\">ESA\u2019s \u2018Cubesat central\u2019 for smaller missions into space &#8211; ESA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.satmagazine.com\/story.php?number=1604295635\">Smallsats By The Numbers: A discussion of the smallsat industry &#8211; Tara Halt (Bryce Space and Technology)\/SatMagazine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southgatearc.org\/news\/2019\/april\/using-the-ssb-and-fm-ham-radio-satellites.htm\">Using the SSB and FM ham radio satellites | Southgate Amateur Radio News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/upward.issnationallab.org\/demand-for-small-satellites-launches-commercial-innovation\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Small Satellites Launch Commercial Innovation &#8211; Upward Magazine\/ISS National Lab &#8211; March 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/science\/tiny-cubesats-could-do-big-science-at-the-moon-and-venus\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tiny cubesats could do big science at the Moon and Venus | Fox News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Launch:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nanoracks.com\/first-mission-on-polar-satellite-launch-vehicle\/\">First Mission on PSLV Completed &#8211; Launches Spire\u2019s 100th Satellite &#8211; NanoRacks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.satmagazine.com\/story.php?number=520825857\">The New \u201cSpace Race\u201d Is Well Underway: Firefly\u2019s acceleration of the smallsat industry &#8211; Thomas E. Markusic (Firefly)\/ SatMagazine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/rocket-lab-launching-air-force-satellites-april-2019.html\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rocket Lab to Launch 3 Satellites for US Air Force This Month | Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Projects:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehimalayantimes.com\/business\/nepal-to-launch-own-satellite-on-april-17\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nepal to launch own satellite on April 17 | The Himalayan Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2019\/amazon-project-kuiper-broadband-satellite\/\">Amazon\u2019s Project Kuiper aims to offer satellite broadband access \u2013 GeekWire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2019\/04\/amazon-follows-spacex-into-satellite-broadband-plans-worldwide-service\/\">Amazon plans satellite broadband for \u201ctens of millions\u201d of people | Ars Technica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1250198283\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1250198283&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=a646a3710f33e23b5034765ffd750129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past<\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; 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